The Original Ghostbusters (1986–1987): Season 1, Episode 18 - Banish That Banshee - full transcript

When Prime Evil unleashes a wailing banshee, the Ghostbusters search for a leprechaun to combat it.

[theme music]
[Jake And Eddie] Let's go, Ghostbusters.
[Tracy whooping]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[Jake And Eddie] Let's go, Ghostbusters.
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, woo ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, woo ♪
[Fangster howling]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[spring twanging]
[Tracy whooping]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, woo ♪♪
[laughing]
[eerie music]
-[spooky music] -[thunder rumbling]
[ghosts wailing]
[loud rumbling]
[Prime Evil crackling]
I came to see what was causing all
of that delightful noise.
Yeah.
What's all the noise?
Excuse us, Your Overbearance,
we were just having a howling contest.
I'm winning.
But you needed my help.
[Prime Evil crackling]
Fib-Face, you may be the best of this pathetic lot,
but somewhere, at sometime, I remember hearing better.
Now, where?
I know.
I know.
The wailing banshee.
[energy blasting]
As I was about to say before I was so rudely interrupted,
[Prime Evil snarls]
the wailing banshee is the best wailer of all.
[Prime Evil cackles]
When she wails, it causes thunderstorms
and all that thunder and lightning
can knock out every telephone pole on Earth.
[cackling]
Earth's communications could be destroyed.
[cackling]
You mean?
Of course. Let's send for the wailing banshee
and see if she can still do her old tricks.
If she can, they might come in very handy.
[laughing]
[phone ringing]
Get the phone, quick, before Ansabone gets it.
What can we do for you?
I think it's what I can for you.
Hey, guys, it's Futura.
I'll put her on the speaker.
Hi, Futura.
How's the future?
The future's fine, but my sensors just picked up
something weird escaping from the past.
It came from 13th century Ireland
and it landed on Prime Evil's doorstep.
[Tracy grunts]
[machine beeping]
Hey, it just moved again.
This time, it's headed toward your timezone.
Well, we haven't seen anything yet.
But we'll let you know if we do.
Great. I can always use an excuse to talk to you boys.
Yeah, well thanks, Futura, bye.
[thunder rumbling]
Wow, there must be a storm.
That's funny.
The sun was shining a moment ago.
Now there's thunder and lightning.
-[thunder crackling] -[banshee wailing]
[thunder booms]
Look, the telephone pole's been knocked down.
[glass shatters]
[Eddie] Whoa, what's that?
I don't know and I don't think I wanna know.
[phone ringing]
At least our phone is still working.
Which is more than I can say for you.
[cackles]
Hello, Ghostbusters.
Oh, hi, Futura.
Boy, you oughta see what's going on here.
I know, Jake.
My instruments show that you're being attacked
by a wailing banshee.
I'm glad it has a name.
But how do we get rid of it?
You sit tight.
I'll be right there.
[feet stamping]
[machine whirring]
[Belfry] Help, help.
The roof.
[air whooshing]
Help me.
Help.
[water splashing]
[banshee wailing]
[Eddie] Uh-oh, Tracy, I think you made him mad.
Futura.
When did you get here?
A few minutes ago.
You boys were busy, so I started reading this file.
What did you find out?
Well, it says here that the only ones
who know how to banish banshees are leprechauns
from the same time period.
Leprechauns?
Hey, aren't they the ones who always keep a pot of gold?
Yeah, but you have to capture 'em
before you can get any gold.
[banshee wailing]
-[thunder rumbling] -[Tracy shrieks]
If we're going to get rid of that banshee,
we need a leprechaun's help more than we need his gold.
[Eddie] Right.
[John And Eddie] Let's go, Ghostbusters.
[upbeat music]
[machine beeping]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[upbeat music]
[Eddie screaming]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[Eddie chuckles]
[Eddie yelling]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[Eddie shouting]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[Eddie yelling]
[Tracy whooping]
[spring twanging]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
Ow.
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
[electronic warbling]
Tracy, get us out of here, quick.
-[Tracy grunts] -[engine revving]
[thunder roaring]
[banshee wails]
We're in a hurry, Tracy.
[Tracy grunts]
Look out.
How many more seconds until we start back in time?
What's that, your IQ?
[laughs]
[Prime Evil crackles]
[Prime Evil] Now, what are those infernal fools doing?
They're going forward in time.
No, they're going backward in time.
Anybody can see that.
-Forward. -Backward.
Drat, they must be going to look for a leprechaun.
Leprechauns have power over banshees.
[Prime Evil crackles]
Excuse me, Your Over-Indulgencey,
what does a leprechaun look like?
They're small, ugly, funny-looking.
Shouldn't we be doing something to stop them?
No, let 'em go, they'll never find a leprechaun.
Oh yes, they will, because I'm going to put one there.
[laughs]
Fib-Face, you're going to be the leprechaun.
Those silly Ghost-bunglers are looking for.
Me?
-A Leprechaun? -Exactly.
[Prime Evil crackles]I'm sending you special airmail
to a haunted castle in Ireland.
[energy whirring]
Get the Ghost... busters so confused
they won't remember their own names.
[Prime Evil crackles]
[Prime Evil cackling]
Hey, Ireland is really a nice place.
Too bad we just can't forget about that wailing banshee
and visit here.
But we can't.
We gotta find a leprechaun who will tell us
how to get rid of it.
And we've got to find one fast
or the Earth will be nothing but water.
I'm pooped.
Can't we stop and charge up our batteries?
Yeah, why don't we find a gas station?
We can ask directions to the nearest leprechaun.
Eddie, this is 13th century Ireland.
They don't have gas stations.
Then where do they buy the candy bars?
I'll tell you what they do have, look.
A castle.
Ah, I don't think they have candy bars in that place.
Stop complaining and let's go.
Maybe someone in that castle will know
where we can find a leprechaun.
[Ghost Buggy hissing]
[Tracy grunting]
[Eddie shrieks]
Hey, you guys.
[ominous electronic music]
Hey. We're Ghostbusters, not Olympic runners.
[Prime Evil crackles] Excellent, excellent.
They're going right to the castle where Fib-Face is.
[Brat-A-Rat cackles]
And the longer they talk to Fib-Face,
the more confused they'll become.
And the more time the wailing banshee has
to flood the Earth.
[both cackling]
[electronic music]
[Jake] Hello.
Is anybody home?
Maybe. Maybe not.
[Jake] Would you please open the door?
It's important.
You'd be looking for a leprechaun, wouldn't you?
Well, there's none in here.
But me.
This is getting confusing.
Well, ask him.
Ask him what?
If he'll tell us how to banish the banshee.
Now, me lassie, why be you bothering a poor banshee?
Tain't no harm in a little rain.
Something's funny here.
My nose is twitching.
-Maybe there's a skunk. -More likely a rat.
This is some kind of bad magic.
Even I can feel it.
I better get us out of here.
-[energy whirring] -[Fib-Face grunting]
[electronic warbling]
[eerie music]
What about the leprechaun?
I don't think that was a leprechaun.
He was trying to trick us.
But why?
[Tracy grunts]
Who would wanna trick us?
[all] Prime Evil.
[ghost warbling]
You have failed me, Fib-Face.
You let the Ghostbusters escape.
Oh, I'm sorry, Great Leader.
I thought I had them thoroughly confused.
I know I had me confused.
How come you got two faces but only half a brain?
[cackles]
Let's look at the dark side.
The Ghostbusters can't do anything about
until they find a real leprechaun.
And in a short while, my banshee will have knocked down
every telephone line there is.
[cackling]
It'll be the greatest busysignal the world has ever seen.
[cackling]
[Jake] Time is running out.
We've gotta find a leprechaun.
Yeah, but how?
I got it.
Remember what all leprechauns are supposed to have?
[Tracy grunting]
No, leprechauns don't have bananas.
A pot of gold.
What about it?
Well, where's the one place
you can always find a pot of gold?
At the end of a rainbow.
Right.
Look.
There's a rainbow.
Now let's find the end of it.
[mystical music]
[spring twanging]
There it is, the end of the rainbow.
Come on, let's take a closer look.
[air whooshing]
[Futura] You can see right through it.
I think I see something inside.
It is a pot of gold.
See, I told you.
So it's me gold you're after having, is it?
You ought to know better
than to steal a leprechaun's pot of gold.
That's very bad luck.
I know what it looks like, but we don't want your gold.
We only want your help, Mister, uh...
Kelby, just Kelby, if you'll please.
And it's a fool you'll be taking me for
if you say you don't want me gold.
I had to fight a banshee for that gold
and I'll not be giving it away so easily.
Got you now.
I think I'd rather see a rainbow from the outside.
Listen, guys, we've gotta get out of here.
Who knows what damage that banshee has done by now.
Dang, I wish we could make
that leprechaun listen to reason.
Tracy, is there anything you can do to get us out of here?
[Tracy grunting]
[Kelby laughing]
I must say, I'm enjoying this little visit.
You may be foolish gold robbers,
but you're very entertaining.
[loud munching]
[Tracy slurping]
I'm sorry, Tracy.
I guess leprechauns do have bananas.
Come on, guys, this is no time for banana talk.
We have to get out of this rainbow.
Yeah, but how?
There must be a way.
I mean, after all, a rainbow
is only reflecting light from the sun.
Yeah.
If we could somehow reflect it back to the sun.
What about it, Tracy?
[Tracy grunting]
[Kelby shouting]
Good job, Tracy.
[Eddie] You bet.
You were wonderful.
[Tracy grunting]
You tricked me.
Leprechauns shouldn't be tricked.
Leprechauns do the tricking.
No, Kelby, you forced us to do this.
All we wanted was your help.
All you wanted was me gold, you mean.
Now you can take it and I can't be stopping you.
But we don't want your gold, Kelby.
We just want your help.
A banshee is terrorizing the place we come from.
Could it be the truth you've been telling me?
Use your mirror again, Tracy.
Let Kelby go.
Wonder of wonders.
[laughs] All the smarters.
If you help me hide me gold, I will help you.
That's great.
We'll bust that banshee.
We don't want your gold, Kelby.
But there is one other thing we'd like from you.
And what might that be?
Would you please give Tracy a banana?
With pleasure.
[Tracy slurping]
[ghost laughing]
-[thunder roaring] -[heroic music]
[tires squealing]
[engine revving]
Look, there's the storm.
That must be where the banshee is.
Looks like a big one, that's for certain.
What can we do to help you?
Use your imagination.
It's pure imagination that makes me rainbow and arrow work.
If you wish hard enough for a rainbow, you'll be seeing it.
And we need a big one.
But you've got to believe in it.
We're getting close.
You don't really need me.
Why don't you just let me out before we get any closer?
Too late.
There's the banshee.
-[thunder crackling] -[banshee wailing]
[tense music]
[Kelby] Hang onto me, lassie.
-[banshee wailing] -[thunder roaring]
I've got you.
Now get a little closer and start imagining.
I do believe in rainbows.
I do believe in rainbows.
I believe.
I believe.
[Tracy grunting]
[banshee wailing]
[tires squealing]
I can see one.
A big, beautiful rainbow.
Good. Now take this, you miserable banshee.
[upbeat music]
And take this for good measure.
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go ♪
-The banshee is gone. -Yay.
[Prime Evil yelling]
Those meddling mortals.
Why don't they leave us poor ghosts in peace?
It's looks like they've left the banshee in pieces.
[cackling]
You find that funny do you, Brat-A-Rat?
No, no, Your Merciful Awfulness.
It's just terrible the way they flattened your plans.
[Prime Evil snarls] I'll flatten you.
[Prime Evil crackles]
I guess I shouldn't have said that.
Thanks again, Kelby.
You did us a great favor.
Tracy will take you back to old Ireland.
And, Tracy, don't stop along the way.
Oh, we don't have to be stopping.
I've got plenty of bananas.
-[Kelby laughs] -[tires squealing]
[Ghost Buggy whooshing]
If you need me again, you know where to be looking.
And remember, next time you have a problem,
try putting a rainbow around it.
Always works for me.
Jake, I'd like to ask for a really big favor.
I haven't got a cent on me, Skelly.
See, folks, it's just like today's show.
Kelby thought the Ghostbusters were after his gold
and he was wrong.
We were after his help.
One of the best gifts you can give somebody
is to help them.
So, Jake, could you adjust my horizontal hole for me?
Thanks, Jake, that feels better.
You sure you don't want any money?
[upbeat music]
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters, let's go ♪♪